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Thanetien, 56.0–59.2 Ma, Belgium
In-situ, Paleocene, Belgium
Paleocene, the age of the first primates. Floral species can be compared with living species in Indian and Japanese mountainranges Saporta, G. de et Marion, A.F., 1873, Essai sur l'état de la végétation à l'époque des marnes heersiennes de Gelinden., Mémoire couronné de l'Académie royale de Belgique, Bruxelles.
Vertebrates
Pisces
Chondrichthyes
Elasmobranchii
Selachimorpha
Osteichthyes
Teleostei
Fishteeth
Otoliths
Fishvertebrae
Invertebrates
Vermes
Chondrites sp.
Arthropoda
Insecta
Echinodermata
Trochozoa
Mollusca
Gastropods
Bivalvia
Lophophorata
Brachiopoda
Marine plankton
Plantae
Dryophyllum delwalquei
Delwalquea gelindenensis
Quercus
Posidonia perforata
Chamaecyparis belgica
Link to Sélandien, 61.6-59.2 Ma
Paleocene insect
Odontaspis winkleri Leriche 1905
Orpodon heersensis (Herman 1973)
Glueckmanotodus heinzelini (Casier, 1967)
Palaeogaleus vincenti (Daimeries, 1888)
Palaeohypotodus rutoti (Winkler, 1874)
Small bivalve
Cast mollusc
Sea urchin
Sea urchin, Echinocorys sp?
Sea urchin
Otoliths
Sea urchin
Another Echinocorys sp, sea urchin?
Bivalve, Brachiopoda
leafs
Leaf(Dewalquea gelindenensis)
Leafs(Dewalquea gelindenensis)
Split seed
Small leaf
Eroded seeds, possibly?
Small leaffragment with nerve.
Plantmaterial or Animalia, Crinoids?
Wormcasts Chondrites
Region with Paleocene outcrops.
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